The Analyst Inside Cricket
Sharp analysis and opinion from the cricket world with Simon Hughes, The Analyst and the BBC's Simon Mann, featuring comment, analysis, interviews with international players and celebrity guests.
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- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 860
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Survival of the Smartest?
Another riveting day of Test cricket on a superb Headingley pitch and two sides going at it hammering and tongs. The winner is hard to call but inevitably the skill and cricketing intelligence Ben St…
00:29:51 |
Fri 07 Jul 2023
Woody creates a Buzz
A brilliant spell of rapid pace bowling by the returning Mark Wood is almost upstaged by the man known as Bison - Mitch Marsh - and honours about even at the end of another compelling day at Headingl…
00:33:53 |
Thu 06 Jul 2023
Washes Storylines: 2nd T20 - Wonderful Wyatt brings England Victory
Melissa and Nikki meet in person at The Oval to discuss an incredible game of cricket in the Women's Ashes.
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00:15:33 |
Wed 05 Jul 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Building Foundations For Change
Melissa Story (Gloucestershire) and Nikki Chaudhuri (Surrey) give their ashes predictions with producer Matt before being joined by the director of the MCC Foundation Dr Sarah Fane OBE to discuss how…
00:33:57 |
Tue 04 Jul 2023
Washes Storylines: 1st T20 - Mooney Shines as England Fade
Melissa Story gives an detailed review of the first T20 in the women's ashes series from Edgbaston.
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00:25:07 |
Mon 03 Jul 2023
Australia Almost Stoked
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann witness an incredible virtuoso performance by Ben Stokes and a day of drama and controversy at Lord's but see the ruthless Aussies eventually triumph to continue their rem…
00:39:48 |
Sun 02 Jul 2023
Does Lightening Strike Thrice?
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann enjoy a bizarre day at Lord's tarnished by a boring bouncer barrage and ask whether England's miracle man Ben Stokes can extricate them from another parlous position
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00:30:50 |
Sat 01 Jul 2023
Early Christmas for Australia
England leave the Lords crowd sighing with despair after gifting their last six wickets away for 47 runs this morning and looking relatively impotent with the ball. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann watch …
00:29:24 |
Fri 30 Jun 2023
England Prosper and Perplex
A day of grand strokes and sacrificed wickets at Lord's, analysed by Simon Hughes and Simon Mann, leaving the match in the balance, while Glenn McGrath explains why he loves Lord's more than any othe…
00:30:32 |
Thu 29 Jun 2023
Smith Snuffs Out England Hope
Steve Smith anchors Australia response to being put in at Lord's, where England desperately missed the thrust that Jofra Archer provided here four years ago, as Smith himself painfully remembers. Sim…
00:38:14 |
Wed 28 Jun 2023
Ashes Heroes Live - with Mike Brearley and Gideon Haigh
Legendary England captain Mike Brearley and renowned cricket writer Gideon Haigh join Simon Hughes to discuss the Ashes - its history, its importance and its heroes - infront of a live audience at th…
01:05:47 |
Wed 28 Jun 2023
Washes Storylines: Trent Bridge - Day 5 Gardner Greatness Sinks England
Melissa and Producer Matt pick the bones of the Women's Ashes Test after Ash Gardner's historic 8-fer secures an 89 run victory for Australia.
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00:32:51 |
Mon 26 Jun 2023
Washes Storylines: Trent Bridge - Day 4 Excellent Ecclestone and a Fifth Day Finale
Melissa, Nikki and Producer Matt discuss more listener questions and break down another brilliant day at the Women's Ashes Test in Nottingham.
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00:22:47 |
Sun 25 Jun 2023
Washes Storylines: Trent Bridge - Day 3 Brilliant Beaumont breaks Snowball's record
Melissa is joined by Georgie Heath and Polly Starkey to round up a historic third day of the women's ashes test at Trent Bridge.
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00:21:25 |
Sat 24 Jun 2023
Washes Storylines: Trent Bridge - Day 2 Sutherland's Style and Beaumont Brilliance
Melissa and Nikki discuss all the action on Day 2 of the Women's Ashes test. Nikki makes a shocking admission and Melissa admits a test match tipple and tanning faux pas.
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00:26:12 |
Fri 23 Jun 2023
Washes Storylines: Trent Bridge - Day 1 Filer on Fire
Melissa Story (Gloucestershire) is joined by producer Matt and The Analyst Simon Hughes to review day 1 of the Women's ashes test.
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00:23:46 |
Thu 22 Jun 2023
Cummins Stands Aloft
A tenacious, resilient, smart Australian captain is the difference between the teams at the end of a riveting first Test. England fought to the end but were defied by Cummins and the flattest pitch o…
00:31:52 |
Tue 20 Jun 2023
History Repeating Itself
With first Test in the balance on the fourth evening Simon Hughes and Simon Mann reflect on the key moments and hear Michael Vaughan's memories of the final day of the epic Edgbaston Test of the 2005…
00:33:30 |
Mon 19 Jun 2023
First Test Delicately Poised
A change in the weather during the third day at Edgbaston brought about a crash of wickets, and with little to choose between the teams, a tight finish is in prospect. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann rep…
00:29:48 |
Sun 18 Jun 2023
England suffer the Blues
Australia work hard to recover from early losses on the second day at Edgbaston and are indebted to Usman Khawaja's first century in England, but what is the cost of two misses by Johnny 'Bluey' Bair…
00:32:04 |
Sat 17 Jun 2023
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